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## Chapter 104 of the Padma Purana
**156.** This mind, like an elephant, cannot be controlled by the weak goad of worldly scriptures. Therefore, it leads the being to evil.
**157.** Only through the teachings of the omniscient, with compassion and happiness as its path, can the mind, like an elephant, be guided by the wise and virtuous being.
**158.** Listen, I will briefly describe the character of pride, a story passed down through generations of wise people.
**159.** In a time when the entire country was afflicted by a disease-ridden wind, a Brahmin from Dhanagramam left his village with his wife.
**160.** The Brahmin's name was Nodana, and his wife's name was Abhimāna. Abhimāna was born to a woman named Māninī, who was the daughter of Agni, and she possessed immense pride.
**161.** Driven by hunger, with his soul distraught, Nodana abandoned Abhimāna. Gradually, Abhimāna reached the forest of elephants, where she found King Kararuha as her husband.
**162.** King Kararuha was the ruler of Pushpaprakirna Nagar. Later, Abhimāna, who had gained her husband's favor, struck King Kararuha on the head with her foot during their lovemaking.
**163.** The next morning, when the king was seated in his court, he asked the learned scholars, "What should be done to the one who strikes the king's head with their foot?"
**164.** Hearing the king's question, many of the courtiers, who considered themselves learned, said, "His foot should be cut off, or he should be deprived of his life."
**165.** In the same court, a Brahmin named Hemāṅka, who knew the king's intentions, said, "O King, his foot should be worshipped with the utmost respect, adorned with ornaments, and honored."
**166.** The king asked him, "How did you become so wise? How did you know the truth?" He replied, "The weapon of the beloved woman's teeth has shown her beloved the wound inflicted by her. I have understood the whole mystery by seeing the woman's teeth mark on your lips."
**167.** Hearing this, the king thought, "This one knows the true meaning." He bestowed great wealth upon Hemāṅka and granted him his favor.
**168.** In Hemāṅka's house, a woman named Mitrayashā, the beloved of Bhārgawa, who was known as Amoghashara, lived.
**Note:** The text uses the Jain terms "Jina" (Omniscient), "Bhavya" (Virtuous), and "Samyaktva" (Right Faith).